Posted on 02/09/2023 11:04:25 AM PST by bitt
Twitter executives being beholden to so-called experts’ tweets is hardly better than doing the FBI’s bidding.
When the New York Post dropped its bombshell reporting on documents recovered from Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop in October of 2020, Twitter did not reach out to the FBI to ask whether the reporting was Russian disinformation — despite extensive coordination with the FBI to prepare to combat foreign election interference. Instead, according to testimony at Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing, Twitter relied on the tweets of supposed experts, making the tech giant’s decision to censor the Post’s story even more outrageous.
The House Oversight Committee, now in the hands of Republicans, questioned four former Twitter executives on their decision to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., pushed Twitter’s former global head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, to explain the timing of Twitter’s decision to censor the New York Post story.
Biggs noted that in an 8:51 a.m. email on Oct. 14, 2020, Roth had taken the position that the laptop “isn’t clearly violative of our Hacked Materials Policy.” But then, by 10:12, Roth emailed his colleagues with Twitter’s decision to censor the story, stating that “the key factor informing our approach is consensus from experts monitoring election security and disinformation that this looks a lot like a hack-and-leak operation.”
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Ho, hum.
Let us hope that the rope used on these cretins is not as flimsy as their traitorous decisions.
OK GOP'ers, what are you going to do about it?
So they made a hasty decision in mid-October based on what information they had.
I could almost accept that. But to not go back and re-evaluate that decision’s accuracy for 3 weeks until the election is definitely Election sabotage.
do something? lmfao
It’s the same as a don never having to say out loud to kill someone; everyone knows that is what’s supposed to happen and it does.
If they shadow banned Congress critters, isn’t that interfering with Congressional constituent contact and Congressional business?
They did what the FBI paid them to
McCarthy needs to sign a whole bunch of Arrest and Detainment WARRANTS, then the committee chair orders the Sargeant at Arms to take them into custody for CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS, and put them in the Congressional Jail, No Visitors, Solitary confinement and the only person they ever see is their jailer. Recess the Committee for 90 days so they have a chance to recollect their memories then bring them back in for testimony in Orange Jumpsuits Shackles and Leg Irons.
I’m surprised there isn’t a discussion thread on the live coverage of the weaponization committee.
It’s pretty interesting - although when the Democrats chime in, I need to mute it because they are crazed liars.
But the Republicans are doing a great job.
Well said.
My hope is that the performance theater arts being conducted before the television cameras is necessary to educate the people which in turn forces politicians. I say this in the triumph of hope over experience that behind the scenes the interrogations conducted by staff on the record and under oath will prove the connection you rightly call for.
Seems like nothing can be done. Only the DOJ can prosecute and that isn’t in the cards.
I have my phaser on fry okay Jim?.
Read later.
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